Improvement in machines for compressing barrels



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UNITED STATES PATENT O ICE.

OLIVER-D. GOODELL,, or sT..;toms,. Isso RI, .ASSIGNORTO run UNITED STATES BARREL AND scrAv COMPANY, OF, NEW YORK, N. Y.

, IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES ,FORJCOMIPRESSING' BARRELs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,309, dated April 10, 1877; application filed v a Y 0ctober 1,:1875.

- GompressingBarr-ela-of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partthereof. Figurel, Sheet 1, is an end elevation of a machine containing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of one-half of mymachine. Fig; 3 is a vertical cross-section'of same; Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are face views of the series of cams used to impart-motion to s'everalpartsof the machine. 1 3

My invention relates to a machine for compressing the ends of barrels, kegs,-and other similar articles; and consists in the devices and their combinations, hereinafter described, whereby the dies employed to compress the barrel are automatically opened and closed, locked and unlocked, and moved onto and 0E from the barrel; also arranging the machine so that the-center of the dies for compressing the barrel, the cams which move the dies, and the side beams or bars of the machine which take the strain from the action of the cams, are all in 'the same horizontal plane, whereby the force employed in compressing a barrel, being exerted in the plane of the said side bars, has no tendency to twist orspring the frame ofthe machine.

The working parts of this machine are mounted upon a heavy-strongiron frame,'consisting of end pieces, only one of which is shown in the drawings, (marked A',) as only one-half of the machine is'represented', the other half being a duplicate of the one shown. These ends are connected together by strong iron bars BB, which pass'through them, and are held by heavy nuts 01. a. O C are thetwo sections of the die by which the barrel is compressed. They have on either side of'the dies strong ears or projections, indicated by the letter b, by which they are jointed together on one side at b, the round bar B -passing through such joint..' This joint has a sleeve, 0, fixed therein, thusforming ahollow joint, permitting the dies to slide back and forth on the bars B B. Upon the opposite side the projection 6 lies down upon the projection 12" when the die is closed, as seen in Fig. 3, an

aperture for the bar B being made one-half in each section. This joint is also provided with asleeve, made fast to the lower. section O through which passes the bar B, leaving the upper sectionO free to swing upon its hinges. D is a shaft, having round bearings at theen'ds in theend piece'sAof the frame, in whichit may rock. It passes through the ear or projection 11, the said projection being also provided with a sleeve, (1, arranged to rock insaid projection with the shaft D. The projection b is forked, and between the divisions 1 and 2 works a 1atch-lever,e, which is fixed upon the sleeve d, so that while they projection b of the lower section 0 of the:

under side of the lower section 0 of the dies. 5

F is a shaft rocking in bearings in the ends Act the frame. A bearing is also provided for it in the projection 70. This bearing is provided with a sleeve, n, .which slides on the shaft F, and rocks in the said projection. Upon this sleeve, and between the forks or divisions of the projection 70, is fixed a lever,

G, which is connected by the link H to the arm I, formed on or secured to the upper face of section 0 of the'die, near its hinge. Upon the shaft F is fixed the lever J, the upper end of which engages with a cam, K, to be more particularly described presently. This lever J is preferably formed of two separate arms, fixed upon the shaft, with a cross-bar between their upper ends, in which is placed afriction-roller, w, that is in contact with the said 031m K. v

L is a sliding frame, formed of a broad plate, Z, which covers the outer-end face of the die, and the sleevearms m m, fitted to slide p h ba B B a a i e eb, my tending across betweeen the saidarins. M is an eccentric wheel or cam, fixed on the vertical shaft N constructed and operating to throw the sliding frame L toward the dies, and P Sll the dies b for ai framewardthe center of themachine, ,A frictiongpulley,

*r, mounted in the web 10 ofth e frain'e I1, takes the pressure of the eccentric M.

Upon the, upper face of the eccentric is an projecting ange, 8.

tends over onto the upper face of this eccem tric, new wnienprojeets stun or'pifi wit ii the flange 8, whereby the frame L is drawn back by the throw of the eccentric away from the center of the machine, bringing with it upper face of this cam, fromwhicli a pin or "stud projects dow nwaifdinto'the said groove, This can; acts,through'the arm h and never: g,torockfthejshaft1).' e i i i a The shaftN has its hearin in the sin of the frame A, the upper dross-t aser which isjrecessed, as shown,and the cam or teen: tric M works in this recess, thus bringing the said cam into the same lane withthe side bar B and the center of the dies, with a bearing for shaft N above and below the said recess. r

"I am aware that machines have been made for compressing barrels but so far as I know, the opening, closing, lo'cking, and unlocking the dies has, in such machines, b'een'performed by hand, or by mechanism separate from that i which presses the dies onto the barrels, set in motion 1 by the hand and volition of tli'eopei'; ator. My improvement is limited to the de- Vices and combinations in the machine (lee scribed, by which all the movements required to open, close, look, and unlock the dies and di'aw them back after the act of com ression is performed, are derived from the same source htrue a rc of its longest radius An arm, q, (preferably semicircular, as shown in the drawings,) ex

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to rock the said shaft, and thus to move the latch e forward, thus securing orlatching the dies (J when closed. During the process of qm s o it 6 m Reset g .fllu ll h the J A, t t mpdett pisnen of the presses the irregular groove, acting at the proper time, carries the arm h w rd towa d i i m emehrw t n thus swi'ngingoflthe latch e and unlocking the dies. The latch e rocks with and slides freely on the bar, ,to conform to the rectilinear 'motitfnof the dies. p A the completion of the compression, (the latch having been thrown off, as described,) the cam K e iqestq. 11 the te e h win back, n the l ver 1 actii'lg tp'tn the tag-F, an is transmitted th ligh leg G Eaiida ii I f e ft H fi a o en until the are near y, quite, drawn baekmne a treat ses resttisu fertile next succee ing mi;

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4 ftcii fii1e1i1 rangm'enp sho a h dr n ntm y p aswe'll asto a h Zen 1 Tnese eraic ms at rate shafts, either parallel rit'ing their tactic-n our the "s "s'haft,a"rid the c can; their resp i i e en leve s; u 1 e for simplicity of cdn'striiction; j i be openedand closed by links,jlatt h front'or latch side, by means dfan equiv lenta perpendicular of motion, sothat theyshall act automaticallyand in mechanical co-operation with each other, and perform all the necessary operations without the intervention of .an attendant operation. i P v c The operation is as follows: The vertical shaft N receives motion through the betel pinion R; thus transmitting it to the series of camsP,K,andM. i

The cam M, revolving against thefrictionroller 7', caries forward the follo'wer plate L and dies ()'to the full length of "stroke.

Upon the return, the roller 7', acting in the irregular groove 8 Sheet No. 2, carries the whole back to its starting point;

agains stanonary or fixed his? WP 7 h use the frietionncne s in them What I clam: 1s:

1. The combination, in abarrel-compressing machine, of the dies 0 O, with the cam K, the levers J G I, arm H, and shaft F, whereby the said dies are automatically opened and closed, and the shaft N, cam M, having the flange s,

the follower-plate L, and arm q, whereby are-,

ciprocating movement is given to the said dies, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a barrel-compressing machine, of the sectional dies described with the cam P, the web 10, the lever g, and latch 0, whereby the said dies are automatically locked and unlocked, as described.

3. The combination, in a barrel-compressing machine, of the sectional dies 0 G, the follower-plate L, the cam M, the groove .9, arm

machine, of the sectional dies 0 G, the guidebar B, and the hollow sleeve hinged joint 11 c, as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination,in a barrel-compressing machine, of the cam P, the latch e, the shaft .D, the forked projection b, and the sleeve 01, as and for the purpose described.

, 7. In abarrel-compressing machine,the'construction and arrangement described of the side bars B B, the cam M, in the same plane with the center of the dies, the shaft of said cam having bearings above and below said plane, as and for the purpose described.

8. The combination, in a barrel-compressing machine, of the sectional dies 0 O, the reciprocating follower-plate or frame L, connectedto said sectional dies, as specified, and the cam K, levers J, G, and I, and arm H, acting to open and close the dies, as described.

Witness my hand this 30th day of September, 1875.

OLIVER D. GOODELL. Witnesses:

B.- S. CLARK,

A. S. FITCH. 

